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UK - With the conference line-up for the Audio Engineering Society's 128th Convention in London now confirmed, some distinguished guests are beginning to make their way to London for the associated conferences (22-25 May) and exhibition (23-25 May), both of which are taking place this year at the Novotel Convention Centre in Hammersmith.

Japanese music technology research scientist and gifted public speaker Masataka Goto has now been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker at the Convention's opening ceremony on 22 May, and the Convention's final day will be graced by an appearance from Sir George Martin CBE, who will be accepting an Honorary Membership from the AES before introducing one of the afternoon seminars on the final day of the Convention.

"The AES is delighted to presen

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UK - Clear-Com will announce the European debut of HelixNet, a unified intercom platform at AES 2010 in London this month.

HelixNet simplifies the setup, management and use of intercom systems often required in today's multiplatform production workflows, including those of local broadcast facilities, houses of worship and intimate live venues. Based on Clear-Com's award-winning I.V.Core technology, HelixNet breaks down the silos of separate intercoms and allows operators to effortlessly and seamlessly connect and control multiple system connections on a single communications platform ? whether it's a main station, portable beltpack, digital panel, wall-speaker unit or software-based client.

HelixNet offers flexible and simple cabling and networking. All systems on the platform are designed to work on common, standard cabling, such as microphone cables, Cat 5 and fibre. In addi

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UK - Green hippo has begun shipping all Hippotizer HDs with extensive hardware revisions enabling radical performance gains for the media server range. Based around Intel's i7 processors the revisions harness the processors power and work in conjunction with version 3.0.14's new software Playback Engine from the London based company. The i7-based servers are significantly faster and allow for more video playback layers. Previous machines ran between 2-5 layers depending on the specification and the age of the unit whilst the new i7 based units are capable of eight layers of full HD playback simultaneously.

"We've always implemented hardware revisions unannounced as a matter of course but the gains from i7 are too significant to be seen as a progression ; it's more of a milestone" says James Ross Heron from Green hippo. "Several other revisions have coincided with

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UK - When Mercedes-Benz had the rather unusual request of needing to get its E-Class Cabriolet inside the Anglican Liverpool Cathedral, the company turned to its events logistics partner Mobile Promotions who managed all the planning and movements around the sensitive site.

The car was placed inside the Cathedral in support of Everton Football Club's end of season Players' Awards, which Mercedes-Benz, as the club's official car supplier, has supported for the previous five years.

The team at Mobile Promotions provided Mercedes-Benz's product awareness branding as well as managing the logistics for cars both inside and outside the Cathedral.

Mobile Promotions managing director Robin Carlisle comments, "Owing to the event taking place in such a spectacular, beautiful building and yet also a vibrant living church, it was essential that the correct and respectful approach w

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South Africa - The Fugard Theatre, with performances by the Isango Portobello theatre company recently opened in the District Six area in Cape Town. The theatre has been named in honour of Athol Fugard. The Train Driver, written and directed by Fugard, had its opening night at The Fugard on 24 March, and is being met by sell-out houses and standing ovations.

Thanks to UK based producer Eric Abraham, who established Isango Portobello in 2006, The Fugard Theatre is equipped with some of the best possible equipment and DWR Distribution, MA Lighting's distributor in South Africa, were privileged to contribute a grandMA2 ultra-light console along with backup support.

Mannie Manim, executive director at The Fugard and formerly the CEO at the Baxter Theatre has lit shows across the globe. "grandMA is the state of the art lighting board of this time," he said. "T

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China - Loudspeaker manufacturer dBTechnologies' DVA line array series has been chosen for use in the Venezuela area, one of 240 countries' and organisations' exhibitions at the six-month long World Expo in Shanghai this year, expected to attracted some 70m visitors.

"A powerful, yet small system, the DVA range was just right for the Venezuela Pavilion theatre," explains Shelly Xiao, general manager of dBTechnologies distributor, Sharp Dragon. "The digital self powered line array fitted the bill perfectly: lightweight, not too obtrusive and it sounds excellent."

The system comprises 12 flown T4 full range cabinets arrayed six on each side within the arc-shaped ceiling, two ground-stacked S10 powered subwoofers fitted with onboard SDD delay modules, two dBTechnologies Arena 15 passive cabinets to support the centre sound and a DSX 2040 controller, providing

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With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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Switzerland / USA - Barix AG announces that NJ Transit, the public transportation corporation for the state of New Jersey, has standardized on Barix Audio over IP equipment for IP-based distribution of public address (PA) announcements at rail and bus stations across the state.

NJ Transit is in the process of building out an IP-based PA and digital display network that will disseminate audio and visual passenger information from one to many points. NJ Transit and consultant Baran Design Associates specified Barix Exstreamers to receive and decode PA messages at every NJ Transit location. The devices are currently operational across the River Line light rail system and Northeast Corridor rail lines, as well as a number of bus stations.

Audio messages with relevant passenger information are continuously updated and streamed to pre-assigned, IP-addressable Exstreamers to ensure t

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UK - Hip hop trio N-Dubz have recently been promoting the platinum-selling album Against All Odds with a major April UK tour. Accompanying the band have been their Sennheiser microphones and in-ear monitors.

The tour's schedule was relentless, with very few non-show days as the band played gigs from Folkestone to Glasgow and all points between. Reliability was essential, but monitor engineer Chris 'Bronski' Jablonski is just as impressed with the hi-fidelity sound of the Sennheiser equipment.

The band's three vocalists - Dino 'Dappy' Contostavlos, Tula 'Tulisa' Contostavlos and Richard 'Fazer' Rawson were all using SKM 935 G3 microphones and ew 300 G3 in-ear monitors, with a three-piece backing band and Chris also using ew 300 G3 IEMs.

"I've been using Sennheiser for the last six or so years for a wide variety of projects, the 500 series for live vocals, and the

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Argentina - Seventeen years after their last Argentinian concert, some 45,000 fans attended , Guns N' Roses' recent Buenos Aires concert - part of the Chinese Democracy World Tour 2010.

Buenos Aires Live Show was responsible for the technical staging of the event, and chose Proel Edge15CXPB coaxial monitors.

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UK - Lighting industry veteran Guy Merchant has returned to Multi-Lite (UK) after a short period of time working for a Scottish lighting distributor. In his new position as sales manager he is now responsible for acquisitions, customer relationship and customer service to lighting professionals not only but emphasized in the entertainment industry.

Guy Merchant and his team will be at the at ABTT show in London next month (Lindley Hall Stand 7.)

(Jim Evans)

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Taiwan - GlacialTech is launching the T8 low-power Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting tubes under the GlacialLight brand. The T8 LED tubes are an improvement as well as innovation of the existing models, says the company. The main advantage is that the tubes are extremely low in power consumption with under 10W for a 2ft tube, and under 20W for a 4ft tube.

The T8 features an inbuilt Over Temperature Protection (OTP) that automatically shuts down the tube at a relatively high temperature as well as starting up the tube at a relatively low temperature. When the input voltage does not fall within its specified range, the OTP shall be triggered. The T8 LED tubes are designed to replace the equivalent Cathode Fluorescent Tubes (CFT) currently available in markets. Using a relatively lower wattage, the T8 has the same structure and style of traditional CFTs but delivers a brighter pe

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UK - Audio visual specialist RaceTech AV is working with sound system manufacturer Bose to provide audio, visual, control and digital signage solutions to the new Marriot Hotel in Lingfield as part of their multi?million pound new build hotel complex.

The project has included design and build services for a bespoke turnkey solution to multiple public areas within the hotel, all controlled by AMX touch panel controls that are networked throughout the facility for maximum flexibility and ease of use. The whole system utilises a simple 'touch screen' interface that manages all of the installed technology.

"By working with prime contractors, architects and client representatives we have been able to provide a leading edge turnkey design and supply service to the Marriot Hotel and commission high quality audio, video, signage and multiple induction loops to many key public are

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UK - HHB Communications has announced the appointment of Jonathan Darby as product support specialist. He has worked at post-production facilities in London, Dublin and New York where he honed his specialist skills in production, Pro Tools HD, Avid, Final Cut Pro, video and audio encoding and digital hardware.

"I've known HHB for a long time as a customer," comments Darby, "and have always been impressed with the service culture and depth of technical knowledge that runs throughout the company. Now I¹m looking forward to adding my experience to the mix, providing product support to HHB¹s many broadcast and post customers."

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UK - The ABTT show comes at the end of what has been an extremely busy year for Unusual, which has seen the company simultaneously supporting three major international installations, as well as smaller theatre projects and tours. The show will also see Unusual launching a new 'widget' which, like so many good ideas, is a simple answer to an industry-wide problem, says the company.

The widget - a neat and effective protector for use on tension wire grids - came about as a result of a major project to supply over 1750sq.m of tension wire grids to Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre. Due to open in January next year, the Centre will provide Stockholm with a congress hall with seating for up to 3000 for both local and international events, as well as offices and a 418 room hotel. The hall will be used for a wide range of events, including exhibitions and conferences as well as conc

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UK - On 12 February Enter Shikari played the last date of a UK tour at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. Lighting designer and programmer Steven Bewley's brief was for a 'big, brash, in-your-face' rig that could keep up with the breakneck pace of an Enter Shikari show and he turned to some of Martin Professional's newest MAC luminaires.

"This was the last show in the UK for a while so the band wanted to go out with a bang so to speak," Bewley reports. "The show had to be quickly rigged and be totally flexible as the tour stretched over a week with venue sizes ranging from big to small. These had to be shows the audience would never forget; they had to walk away feeling hungry for more, which I feel we achieved with the rig chosen."

Bewley created the feel with an arena style set up that fit comfortably within the confines of venues like the Hammersmith Apol

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The Netherlands The Daughters of Africa theatre tour saw its premiere in Amsterdam's Royal Theatre Carré recently. The sound is provided by Kater audiotechniek and Van Dijk SoundSupport.

Daughters of Africa is the successor of the African Mamas tour from 2009, that attracted more than 175,000 visitors. For this new show, 12 young women were selected from eight different African countries. Their diversity and cultural backgrounds are the theme of this vibrant show, accompanied by a live band.

For the première in the 1,800-seat theatre, attended by Princess Máxima, The Ribbon Network member Jan van Dijk deployed a large Alcons system, consisting of 30 units of LR14 ultra-compact line-array.

Two main clusters were built upon 12 units of LR14 line-array and four units LR14B line-array bass each. Two groundstacked arrays of three LR14 units and two S

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Taiwan - Hot on the heels of his Scandinavian tour, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has embarked on dates throughout Asia, drawing on L-Acoustics' strong Rental Network in the region to provide a system in every location.

Appearances in Tokyo, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore saw local agents Kyoritz, Seoul Sound, MSI Hong Kong and CSP Productions respectively supplying V-Dosc/dV-Dosc systems. However when the tour arrived in Taiwan, local rental company Winly provided Bocelli's sound designer Andrea Taglia with an extensive Kudo large format line source system for the Taipei Arena.

"The system was based on a monophonic concept," says Taglia. "This was accomplished with a centre cluster of 16 Kudos dedicated to the floor audience and first floor central balcony, while two side systems of 15 Kudos each covered the side balconies, and two delays of 12 dV-Dosc each prov

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Switzerland - Allen & Heath's Xone:92 was once again the DJ mixer of choice at the recent Caprices music festival, which takes place every year at the Crans-Montana ski resort in the Swiss Alps.

The four-day festival hosts a comprehensive programme of DJ performances, as well as live band performances.

A highlight of the DJ programme was a special daytime event called Modernity, held at an altitude of 2300m at the Cry d'Er station. A new colour Xone:92 DJ mixer was requested for the event, which included sets by Riccardo Villalobos and friends.

In the evening, Villalobos' concept band, Narod Niki, put on a special show. Narod Niki is a collection of international DJ's forming an improv-techno-all-star band, who perform together using a special variation of Ableton's Live software for synchronisation. The Narod Niki line up at Caprices featured eight producers - includ

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UK - On the express instructions of sound designer Derrick Zieba, Britannia Row Productions supplied its Electro-Voice X-Line array system for the biggest night in the British classical music calendar - the Classical BRIT Awards 2010.

Marking the 11th year of the Awards, a glittering line-up of international stars gathered on-stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London, home to the Classical BRITs since it started in 2000. Accompanied by the London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Warren-Green, the live performers included Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, Rolando Villazón, André Rieu and his Johan Strauss Orchestra, and the legendary Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, picking up her Lifetime Achievement Award.

Zieba is a familiar sight at the big awards shows; his contract with BRITS TV also includes the mainstream BRIT Awards for popular music, and he has designed many

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UK - When the 133-year-old Father Willis Organ at England's Salisbury Cathedral was sent for repair during February and March of this year, the church's liturgical music programme continued uninterrupted with powerful, richly textured pipe organ sounds. The sounds were instead produced - with uncanny accuracy - by a digital 'virtual organ' and transparently reinforced by 12 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers.

Commissioned by the cathedral to help recreate the sound of the organ in the challenging acoustical space, Major Tom Limited was clear that the sound had to be powerful and accurate, and the various audio elements had to be perceived in the same way at various points throughout the building, and particularly in the choir.

"Before the organ repairs commenced, we came in one night with our Meyer Sound SIM 3 audio analyser and eight microphones," says Chris Mars

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UK - On 1 May, mac threw open its doors to the public. A £15 million newly-refurbished arts centre in Birmingham, it includes a digital audio system featuring two RSS M-400 digital mixing consoles coupled with the latest battery-powered lightweight RSS Snakes which can be used anywhere inside or outside the building.

Initially established specifically for young people, over the years mac has broadened its remit, and today welcomes over 500,000 visitors each year, including 10% of Birmingham's population, who come to enjoy a programme which concentrates on the contemporary, showcasing artists across the full range of arts practice: film, theatre, dance, literature, visual arts, music and comedy.

The Edgbaston venue, also known as the Midlands Arts Centre, has made the most of the opportunity to install a cost-saving Cat 5e REAC-based network, which provides flexibility to

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